The Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives’ (AIEC’s) board of directors held a reorganizational meeting on Aug. 2, directly following the AIEC’s 2024 annual meeting, and unanimously elected Rick Rubenacker as its new board chairman.
Representing Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative (WWCEC) on the AIEC board of directors, Rubenacker is a sixth-generation grain farmer in southern Illinois, where he also raises his three young children with his wife Emily. Rubenacker graduated from the University of Illinois with an agricultural engineering degree and serves as treasurer on the WWCEC board of directors.
Scott Ury was the AIEC board chairman from 2022 to 2024 and is the secretary-treasurer on the board of directors for Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative. The AIEC thanks Ury for his dedication and service as board chairman.
